Value added tax (VAT)

Various value added tax (VAT) rates apply to the goods transfer within a single country and between countries. In addition, special rates apply to transactions between countries of the European Union (EU). You can set up the default tax codes for the various transactions as described in Defining default tax codes.

Tax numbers

Legal persons and businesses are identified in a specific country by a tax number.

You can enter the tax numbers in the Steuer-ID-Nummern nach Handelspartner (tctax4100m000) session.

In the Länder (tcmcs0110s000) session, you can select the tax number check algorithm that LN applies to the tax numbers in the country.

Business partners that do not have a tax number in a specific country are considered to be private persons in that country instead of commercial businesses. By default, LN uses the domestic VAT tax code for all transactions with private persons.

Supply of goods with installation or assembly

Special rules apply to goods that must be assembled or installed on arrival, for example, if you build a radar unit on location.

This type of transactions typically occurs in a project or service environment. Therefore, LN uses the ship-to address to determine the country and the business partner's tax number for Projekt and Service transactions.

To determine the tax country and the tax code

To comply with the VAT rules for import and export, LN must determine the tax country of each transaction. LN uses the Land field in the Adressen (tccom4130s000) session of the various addresses to determine the tax countries. The sold-to and buy-from business partner's addresses appear by default on the sales orders and purchase orders. In addition, the ship-from country, the ship-to country, the point of title passage, and/or the service location, as applicable, can also determine the tax country of a transaction.

Special tax codes can apply to the freight orders for goods movements within or between countries. For details, refer to Tax codes for freight orders

Triangular trade

Within the European Union, triangular trade refers to supplies of goods involving three parties of which at least two reside in EU member states, if one party ships the goods to the customer and another party invoices the customer for the goods. The goods are usually delivered to the customer as a direct delivery.

If the party that ships the goods to the customer and the party that invoices the customer both belong to your organization and reside in different EU countries, the simplified triangular trade procedure applies. In this case, your organization does not have to be registered for tax in the country of the customer.